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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1342827597 Message started by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 16:39:56 |
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Title: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 16:39:56 How do i cOmpress these shocks enough to slip them over the bolts?! Theyre the 12.5 and theyre about an inch too long to slip over the bolts withOut compression first. Both stock shocks have been pulled and the swingarms are hanging as far as they can before stopped by the passeger footrest on the muffler Any advice? |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Savage_Rob on 07/20/12 at 16:44:59 Lift the back of the bike. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by verslagen1 on 07/20/12 at 16:45:59 Lower the rear tire :-? |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 16:53:26 The bike is lfted. Both shocks off so the rear wheel is Hanging mid air. The passenger fOotrest is stopping the swingarm from going low enough as it stops on the muffler. It looks like even if i remove the footrest that the swingarm is going to strike the muffler before it hangs far enOugh for me to slide this on without compression |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Routy on 07/20/12 at 17:03:23 I have many times used a furniture clamp (sometimes called box clamp) to compress gas shocks......... in the automotive/RV world. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 17:13:10 I guess thebigger question is: if i have to compress this to get it to fit, is it gonna be too large to actually fit my bike? Sayi hit a bump, get a little air, its gonna throw the swingarm into my muffler, right? |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by rfw2003 on 07/20/12 at 17:36:28 4F444644485547250 wrote:
unless you put limiting straps or other method to limit the travel to just before the muffler hits, yes if you go over a bump big enough to unload the rear suspension it's gonna hit. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Serowbot on 07/20/12 at 18:05:41 Gonna' have to,.. remove the footpegs.. or move the muffler... or swap to a Harley take-off... Even if you get them installed,.. you still have the problem... PS.. also,.. watch for belt-guard rubbing the belt at the front pulley... You'll need to mod the guard or ditch it... ;)... PSS... 12" shocks are worth it... I love mine...;)... |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 18:12:24 Already had the guard removed. I did remove the footpeg and it still wont go. I had searched like all the posts about 12.5 and made my own about it. Everyone said they fit, guess everyone had swapped exhaust already. In answer to my last post, 12 or 12.5: 12. Josh |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Serowbot on 07/20/12 at 18:29:57 Yeah,.. maybe so... Sorry Josh... I have the Harley muff... never occurred to me the shock might interfere with the stock muff... ... on the bright side... the Harley muffs,.. look and work great... ... and are pretty cheap and easy to install... Best luck... ;)... Just went out and measured... Mine are 12.25" center to center (Suzuki Intruder 800 shocks)... http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/tm006.jpg Here's my bike early on in it's transformation... Before and after... taller shocks... It used to be red,... how 'bout dat?... ;D... http://p1.bikepics.com/2006%5C09%5C20%5Cbikepics-683713-full.jpg |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 18:54:46 Where do i get a harley muff like that on the cheap? And how easy is the install? Hopefully easier than these shocks. :( Will i have to rejet? Im stock jets right now. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Serowbot on 07/20/12 at 18:58:49 Muffler guide here... Harley muffler guide... (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1298689417) |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 19:12:34 What is removing the muffler altogether going tO do for me? |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Serowbot on 07/20/12 at 19:14:10 Nothing good... ...run like cr@p... and set off car alarms,.. and get you tickets... possibly ruin your engine... create a tuning nightmare... I could go on... ;D... |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/20/12 at 19:21:07 Is there a way to rotate the whole exhaust out a little? Loosen header bolts abd what else? Rotate the whole thing to give me an inch inside it? |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/20/12 at 23:22:30 Blasted Progressives are always difficult to deal with. Id look for some Libertarians,, |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by LANCER on 07/21/12 at 04:18:34 302F292E33340535053D2F23685A0 wrote:
;D |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by LANCER on 07/21/12 at 04:23:42 707B797B776A781A0 wrote:
Of course; loosen remove the bolt/s holding the muffler to the muffler mount bar; remove the nuts holding the heat shield next to the right side foot peg/controls and pull the heat shield off, and then loosen the header bolts; then the exhaust will rotate. 12.5" will go on without having to compress the shocks after the other stuff is out of the way and you lift the rear of the bike up. A m/c jack is very helpful in doing this. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Savage_Rob on 07/24/12 at 10:06:49 2F242624283527450 wrote:
Hmmm, never thought about that. Yes, I had already swapped out to a Mac muffler. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by Josh C on 07/24/12 at 16:20:19 wouldn't be a problem if the local harley people would get off their thrones to look in the garage for a dyna take-off for poor little metric me. |
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Title: Re: Cant get these progressive 12.5s on? Post by SaVaGeEaRL on 07/24/12 at 17:52:32 eBay usually has several for cheap... Got mine there for 20 bux... |
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